Sigurd Larsen is a Berlin based Danish architect working within the fields of design, art and architecture. He has a master degree from The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture in Copenhagen and previously been employed at OMA-Rem Koolhaas in New York, MVRDV in Rotterdam, Cobe Architects in Copenhagen and Topotek1 in Berlin.
Sigurd Larsen founded the design studio in 2009 and has recently realized projects for Voo Store in Berlin, K-MB Agentur für Markenkommunikation GmbH and Zalando Labels. His furniture have been exhibited at fairs and galleries in Berlin, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai.
The work of the design studio combines the aesthetics of high quality materials with concepts focusing on functionality in complex spaces.
Pop up store in Berlin
Inspired by the large wooden crates used in the shipping industry, the design for Zalando’s Pop-Up Store features three free-standing boxes, each revealing a seperate collection. The boxes are placed at angles to the concrete walls, guiding the visitor through the space as they discover the assorted rooms of the furniture. Concrete stools echo the materiality of the walls, and act as counterweights for the hangers of a fourth collection.
Prior to the opening of the Pop Up Store, stacks of white boxes used by the company to distribute goods covered the windows. Over time the facade of white boxes will disintegrate, revealing the content of the shop day by day.
Opened on 1st of March 2012 in Weinmeisterstraße 2, Berlin-Mitte
Photos by Gonzalo Baro
